Your Master

A few days later, Ninth Prince Halkenburg finally gave an answer, promising Oboro that he would find a way to invite the First Prince to his hotel so that the two could meet.

As promised, Oboro ordered the curse on Honey Pot to be lifted and gave her the antidote. As for the miniature bomb inside her body, he believed that with the Ninth Prince's abilities, he could find a hospital to surgically remove it.

"My lord, the eldest prince Benjamin is extremely domineering. Although we may have the possibility of joining forces with him, we may not be able to make him willingly work for us." The next day, in the room, before the eldest prince Benjamin appeared, a core member of the Fills Family, who had been in charge of operating the royal family of the Kakin Empire, gave Long his advice.

This man, Bare, was strong and capable-looking... He was hired by the Kakin Royal Family many years ago to be a guard instructor in the palace.

Help the royal family train their guards.

He was also a pawn of the Fills Family.

He had been in the royal family for a long time and naturally had some understanding of the personalities of the princes.

"So, which prince do you think would be better to choose?"

Long sat on the sofa, looking down at his phone screen.

"The person who has the courage to kill the other princes and the ability to clean up the mess... Besides the eldest prince, I think there are the second and fifth princes. However, the second prince is very arrogant and not the best partner, so... my recommendation is the fifth prince."

Bare explained, "The Fifth Prince is very self-disciplined, and in his view, some of the princes are too ugly. He doesn't mind acting as a cleaner for the Kakin Empire, succeeding as the next king, and purifying the royal environment... Therefore, he also has the motive to kill the other princes. Secondly, his mother is the queen with the most children in the royal family, and her power is extraordinary. Even if things are exposed, his mother alone can clean up the mess... He is also a scholar and scientist. Although he acts cautiously, as far as I know, he has been seeking to cooperate with the other princes in private... And at this time, our appearance gave him the opportunity."

"Ah, very well analyzed."

Long turned off his phone and praised him.

Pariston just sent him some information; the person he chose is also the fifth prince Tubeppa.

Pariston's reasoning was simple: he just said two words – stupid.

Such people are naturally more easily manipulated by Long, making them act according to his plans.

Moreover, the Fifth Prince lacks powerful backing... He craves supporters. The other princes all have loyal followers or factions, while he, a scientist, rarely ties to gangs or politics... Even the Ninth Prince, Halkenburg, has garnered a loyal following simply by expressing discontent with the Kakin monarchy. Therefore, if the Fills Family could help him, Tubeppa would be overjoyed and willing to take the blame... he would never expose the Fills Family's existence.

Because of his relationship with the queen, he was able to minimize the king's punishment of him.

"But... what I'm looking for isn't an ally... I have no interest in the Kakin Royal Family Succession War, nor do I want to support any prince. I just want to reduce the number of members in the royal family so that my people can take over," Oboro said calmly.

"..."

Bare seemed to understand, but not quite.

The next day at noon, a convoy of military vehicles stopped downstairs at the hotel.

The car door opened, and Prince Benjamin stepped through the gate, escorted by several private soldiers.

Standing before the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor, looking down at the scene below, Long smiled slightly, "It's all very nice..."

It's finally here.

Even though the hotel building was hundreds of meters tall, Oboro could still clearly sense the auras of the private soldiers surrounding Prince Benjamin ... all of them were Nen user, and quite formidable ones at that. According to the rules, in the Dark Continent arc, the number of private soldiers each prince could bring was limited... so only a portion of the Nen users Benjamin had trained were shown. In reality, according to intelligence controlled by the Fills Family, Benjamin was training an entire army of Nen user for his future succession to the throne! A vast number of them.

Most importantly, these Nen user all studied at the Royal Military Academy, and their basic qualities are very high... They are excellent in both physical skills and mental abilities.

On the Black Whale, if the Hunter Association hadn't intervened and sent the Zodiacs and others to balance the power among the princes and minimize conflict, and if the other princes hadn't known about Nen, the eldest prince, Benjamin... would almost certainly have won with an overwhelming advantage.

Meanwhile, the private soldiers went upstairs first, and only after confirming that there was no danger did Benjamin take the elevator to the top floor.

He was somewhat surprised that the Ninth Prince Halkenburg, who had always disliked royal activities and tried to keep his distance from his brothers, would actually ask to meet with him... and say that he had something important to say, which concerned the Succession War.

Normally, given his personality, he wouldn't have paid any attention to the other princes or bothered with them, but since it concerned the succession, he still came...

In Benjamin's view, it was destined that he would become the next king.

No other prince could stop him, nor were they worthy to... From the moment they were born, they were declaring war on him and challenging his position.

Since it's a battle, as a soldier, there's no need to show any mercy.

After a while, the door to the top-floor suite was pushed open, and Benjamin strode in with a calm and composed demeanor.

But as soon as he entered, he narrowed his eyes. In the spacious hall, he did not see the Ninth Prince Halkenburg. Instead, he saw a person he did not recognize standing by the window.

Wearing a black suit that didn't seem to hug his body's curves, Benjamin could still sense the explosive muscles beneath the clothes.

"Who are you?"

Benjamin said coldly.

Several private soldiers accompanied the eldest prince in.

Long turned around and glanced around, only to find that they were all familiar faces who had boarded the Black Whale, indicating that they were all the eldest prince's confidants.

Balsamilco, Vincent, Shikaku, and nine others in total! "Let me introduce myself. My name is Oboro. It was my idea to have the Ninth Prince invite you here," Oboro said with a smile.

Benjamin's unruly hair stood on end, and his exaggerated physique and bulging muscles gave him an imposing and intimidating presence... like a walking lion.

Benjamin gave his private soldier a look, and the latter immediately picked up his phone and dialed the Ninth Prince's number.

Then, in front of Oboro, he spoke with Halkenburg.

"Oboro, the Fills Family ... seems to want to cooperate with you, Prince." The bald, middle-aged man with dark skin and a scar on his left cheek looked at Oboro and spoke.

Balsamilco is considered the eldest prince's strategist, and he seems rather cunning. On the Black Whale, when Benjamin was enraged by the second prince's actions, it was Balsami who dissuaded Benjamin from making irrational decisions, thus preventing a mistake due to unknown information.

After listening, Benjamin glanced at Long indifferently, didn't say a word, and turned to leave.

Several private soldiers followed closely behind... watching Long one after another.

The Fills Family knew that they had recently been causing quite a stir in the world, seemingly harboring ambitions to unify the global underworld... Such people certainly had the status and influence to negotiate with the eldest prince. Unfortunately, Benjamin was not one of those princes... He was a soldier, and his faith lay in the power of the military.

Compared to relying on external forces, he has more faith in himself! Benjamin didn't kill Oboro now because he wasted the eldest prince's time, which is already a great favor considering the name of the Fills Family.

"In your eyes, becoming the next king is a foregone conclusion... But what about after that? Even if you become king, expanding the territory of the Kakin Empire and making your army dominate the world... won't be easy. Our Fills Family has the influence to affect the politics of many countries and can help you accelerate this process... even enabling you to invade and annex other countries in a short period of time..."

As if anticipating Benjamin's attitude, Oboro saw that Benjamin had already reached the door, smiled and looked at the latter's back, and said softly.

Sure enough, Benjamin stopped, turned his head slightly, and glanced at Long with one eye, saying coldly and Haki, "If you want to use me, if you want to discuss cooperation, the first thing you have to do is submit to me."

He saw through Long's intentions.

He's somewhat intelligent, but Long's assessment of him is still that he's brave but reckless, with a little bit of cunning... but not much.

"I'm a businessman; I only talk about cooperation. If you're not satisfied, you can leave now..."

Long spoke lightly.

Benjamin turned around, looked directly at him, and suddenly stepped forward, standing in front of Oboro.

Benjamin was taller and bigger than Oboro.

He looked down at Long and said, word by word, "This is the Kakin Empire... not your gang's rat den. Our Kakin royal regime is not a bargaining chip for you to play games with... The only thing you can do, and the only reason I won't execute you on the spot, is to become one of my people!"

Benjamin's eyes gleamed with a captivating light, as if if Oboro refused, he would be like a raging lion unleashed, devouring Oboro completely in the next second.

Since Oboro has demonstrated the power of the Fills Family, if he leaves now, Oboro will definitely try to join forces with the other princes and become his enemy! Benjamin chose to nip the crisis in the bud.

"That's really domineering!"

Long let out a soft sigh.

He glanced at the few private soldiers nearby; they were all watching the show with their arms crossed, looking somewhat smug, wondering how Oboro would choose.

These people knew the eldest prince's character well, and they expected this turn of events to unfold.

If Oboro hadn't mentioned the Fills Family's influence on other countries' regimes and had just let them leave, they might have had a chance to survive... But now that he's saying this, it means that the Fills Family did indeed intend to disrupt the Kakin regime, just like they did with some other small countries.

This is bad...

"Hmm... it seems the negotiations really have broken down."

Long shrugged and glanced at the intimidating Benjamin. "I guess you don't really know me, do you?"

Benjamin didn't respond; his expression said it all.

All he cared about was the succession to the throne and the international situation regarding coups. As for gangs... Benjamin disdained to understand them. If gangs were a country, he might pay attention to them to prepare for the future expansion of the Kakin Empire.

"Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Oboro... From now on, you will be the one who needs to give everything to serve me."

With a calm expression, Long slowly spoke.

Yes, he approached Benjamin not to negotiate, but to capture him!